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I have toons spread out across 3 servers. My Republic toons were on Krayt Dragon, and my Imperial toons were on Bergeren Colony and Telos Restoration Project. This week, BW offered me free rides off of KD and TRP, and is consolidating other servers to Bergeren Colony. I know there’s a lot of worry out there about the transfers, so I thought I’d post my experience with the process.

The TRP toon, a Level 25 Warrior, moved right over. Took all of a minute to do the move. No guild, no legacy on this guy, so it was quite simple.

The KD toons were just as easy. Fortunately, my guild, Covenant of the Phoenix, had officers on to handle ginvites, and all my names and legacy came across as easy as can be. Literally, the transfer process took about 5 minutes.

After logging into the new server (you have to reset the server screen after the transfers, it doesn’t automatically update), I logged into each toon and had to re-do my chat setup, activate the correct UI layout and join chat channels. Friends lists got cleared, but there’s no way to do anything about that. Setting up my chat screens and channels took the most work, but still, I got everything done in under an hour.

Before moving, be sure to retrieve any items from the GTN and clean out your mailbox because these won’t follow you to the new server. If your character or legacy name(s) are in use, you’ll need to rename yourself, but since nobody in their right mind names all their toons “Shekky” or some variant thereof, I had no problems at all.

So, my experience was very positive. All my guys are now happily on servers with lively communities being built, people to sell to, and lots of fun to be had. I give BW high marks for this one.

For those of you fretting about the move, I say do it. If you’re part of a guild, make sure you have a plan. CotP has a VERY organized officer corps, and they made the move very smooth on our members.

If you’re still worried, consider this. BW is consolidating servers because nothing destroys an MMO better than the perception that you don’t have other people to play with. With a player base spread out over more than two hundred servers, there were a lot of folks for whom this was the case. I know that on TRP, Sh’Quii was often the only character on the fleet. That’s not a happy situation to be in.

Furthermore, consider that this is a server merge. They are giving you the illusion of choice, but if you don’t move, you will quickly find yourself alone in the galaxy. There will come a point where you simply run out of things to do as a solo player, and they will probably close your server down. Take my advice and make the move.